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Enrollment
2,588
High
DISTRICT 1,588 · STATE 1,185
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240051001126
Parkdale High
6001 Good Luck Rd, Riverdale, MD 20737 · (301) 513-5700 · Prince George's County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,588 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Maryland public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Maryland public high schools
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
153 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
2,504 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 8 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 9 | 761 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 676 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 624 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 526 | 20% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
38.0%
MD avg 50.6% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
MD avg 34.8% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.9% | 10.0% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
23.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.0%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Maryland's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Parkdale High
Parkdale High's state test result (23.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkdale High this school | 2,588 | 96.8% | 23.2% |
| Northwestern High Hyattsville | 2,396 | 96.4% | 24.3% |
| Bladensburg High Bladensburg | 2,114 | 97.0% | 24.5% |
| High Point High Beltsville | 3,012 | 95.6% | 22.6% |
| Laurel High Laurel | 2,129 | 95.7% | 27.6% |
| Duval High Lanham | 2,522 | 95.9% | 32.0% |
Matched among Maryland high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Parkdale High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Prince George's County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #172 of 203 | #19 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #196 of 206 ▼ 4 | #21 of 25 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #172 of 206 ▼ 7 | #19 of 25 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,588 | #6 of 234 | #3 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #138 of 210 | #14 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.4% | #136 of 211 | #12 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.8% | #4 of 212 | #3 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.7% | #81 of 131 | #14 of 18 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,588
+135 (+6%) vs 2020
+83% since 1990-91, when it was 1,414
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 16.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,588 | 153 | 16.9:1 | 97% (2,504) |
| 2023-24 | 2,571 | 151 | 17.0:1 | 81% (2,079) |
| 2022-23 | 2,561 | 157 | 16.3:1 | 83% (2,118) |
| 2020-21 | 2,453 | 153 | 16.0:1 | 77% (1,896) |
| 2017-18 | 2,402 | 146.1 | 16.4:1 | 75% (1,802) |
| 2015-16 | 2,197 | 138 | 15.9:1 | 69% (1,510) |
| 2010-11 | 2,205 | 125 | 17.6:1 | 63% (1,384) |
| 2000-01 | 1,996 | 108 | 18.5:1 | 36% (716) |
| 1990-91 | 1,414 | 76 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parkdale High.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (2,402 to 2,588); teachers up 5% (146.1 to 153).
About Parkdale High
Parkdale High is a large high school located in Riverdale, Maryland. There are 2,588 students enrolled, covering grades 9 through 12. Across high schools in Maryland, the average enrollment is about 1,185.
Parkdale High is one school in Prince George's County Public Schools, a system of 199 schools with 132,693 students.
More than half of the students at Parkdale High are Hispanic (69%). Other reported shares: 23% Black, 4% Asian, and 3% White. That compares with about 23% Hispanic among all Prince George's County residents. The diversity index for Parkdale High is 46%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at Parkdale High totals 153 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.9:1. The average for high schools in Maryland, 15.3:1, is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Parkdale High is about 97%. The average for public schools in Prince George's County is 79%.
Among Maryland public high schools, Parkdale High outscored 46%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Parkdale High is 6.3 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Maryland schools.
In the wider Prince George's County area, the median household earns about $101,798 a year, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Parkdale High shares Prince George's County with 202 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, William Wirt Middle is closest at about 0.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 28.1%, higher than Parkdale High's 23.2%.
Parkdale High falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 6% rise, from 2,453 to 2,588.
Parkdale High has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Prince George's County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
959,754
Census ACS
Median income
$101,798
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
203
132,693 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Prince George's County Public Schools
- High Point HighHigh · 3,012 students
- Charles Herbert Flowers HighHigh · 2,712 students
- Bowie HighHigh · 2,580 students
- Eleanor Roosevelt HighHigh · 2,544 students
- Duval HighHigh · 2,522 students
- Northwestern HighHigh · 2,396 students
Other schools in Riverdale
- William Wirt MiddleMiddle · 1,124 students
- College Park AcademyHigh · 682 students
- Riverdale ElementaryElementary · 586 students
- Beacon Heights ElementaryElementary · 342 students
Nearby schools
- William Wirt Middle0.4 mi · 1,124
- Beacon Heights Elementary0.9 mi · 342
- Lamont Elementary1.2 mi · 460
- Ellen Ochoa Middle1.2 mi · 1,086
- College Park Academy1.2 mi · 682
- Charles Carroll Middle1.3 mi · 884
Frequently asked questions
About Parkdale HighHow many students attend Parkdale High?
Parkdale High enrolls approximately 2,588 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Parkdale High serve?
Parkdale High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Parkdale High?
Approximately 16.9:1 students per teacher at Parkdale High.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Parkdale High?
At Parkdale High, the student body is approximately 3% White, 69% Hispanic, 23% Black, 4% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Parkdale High in?
Parkdale High is part of Prince George's County Public Schools.
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